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Much of 1950s Chicago Polish youth culture was captured in the 1972 musical Grease, in which the majority of characters had Polish surnames (Zuko, Dumbrowski, Kenickie); Jim Jacobs, who conceived Grease, based the musical on his real-life experiences in a Chicago high school. Much of the Polish-American nature of the musical was discarded when ...
The Polish character of the neighborhood visibly predominated over others in the area, as there was an extensive network of Polish churches, businesses, cultural institutions and fraternal organizations. The following neighborhoods of Chicago were once a part of Polish Downtown: Pulaski Park, Chicago; River West, Chicago; Bucktown, Chicago
These are articles on Polish Americans in Chicago and Polish American history of Chicago. Pages in category "Polish-American culture in Chicago" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total.
As of 2018 the Chicago area has over 65,000 people with ancestry from around 175 Native American tribes, making it the third largest settlement of Native Americans in an American urban area. [ 112 ] The American Indian Center (AIC) in Albany Park is a community center for Native Americans and helps people moving from reservations adjust to life ...
The following is the list of Polish tribes that inhabited the lands of Poland in the early Middle Ages, at the beginning of the Polish state. They shared fundamentally common culture and language and together they formed what is now Polish ethnicity and the culture of Poland.
Polonia Triangle (Polish: Trójkąt Polonijny), or the Polish Triangle, is a plaza located in West Town, in what had been the historical Polish Downtown area of Chicago. A single-tiered fountain made of black iron with a bowl about nine feet in diameter is installed at its center.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Chicago" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Today Canadian Polish-Kashubians return to Northern Poland in small groups to learn about their heritage. [71] Kashubian immigrants founded St. Josaphat parish in Chicago's Lincoln Park community in the late 19th century, as well as the parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Irving Park, the vicinity of which was dubbed as "Little Cassubia".